Privacy Policy

The mission of Prevent Blindness is to prevent blindness and preserve sight. Our website is an important tool in the pursuit of this mission. We have adopted the following privacy policy to make it safe and easy for you to use our website.

We collect two kinds of information, website usage statistics, which are anonymous, and individual information.

Website usage statistics

Our web server automatically collects anonymous information about visitors to our site, such as the number of visitors, the pages they access, and the documents they download. This information is used in aggregate form in order to manage our website and improve its content.

Individual information

We collect individual information about you when you choose to share information about yourself, for example, when you make a donation, request information or purchase materials. This information may include your postal or e-mail address and your telephone number.

Individual information is used to provide you with information or to deliver the service you have requested. If you provide your postal address, telephone number or email address to Prevent Blindness online, you may receive any of the following periodic contacts from us:

Mailings that invite you to contribute to Prevent Blindness and its mission.

Prevent Blindness News, our periodic newsletter.

Telephone contact with information about orders you have placed online, as well as additional vision-related information.

E-mail contact to respond to your questions, comments or suggestions.

An E-mail newsletter. Subscribers can unsubscribe at any time.

If you would like to change the way we contact you, please call us at 1-800-331-2020, or send an email to [email protected].

Sharing Information

Prevent Blindness will not share or sell your personal information obtained via the website with other organizations or businesses. We will share personal information only when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our rights, or protect the safety of our users or others.

Email Communications

We may occasionally send out an email newsletter and direct email communications to highlight news, information and opportunities available from Prevent Blindness. You may elect not to have us contact by calling us at 1-800-331-2020, or sending an email to [email protected].

Security

Voluntarily submitted data we collect through this site is stored on a secure, password protected server. Vendors we use to store data use industry-standard encryption technologies in the receipt and transfer of your voluntarily submitted data. Nevertheless, despite our best efforts, no transmission over the Internet and no data storage method can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.

Privacy Policy Changes

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes here. We encourage you to review our policy from time to time.

Questions or Concerns

If you have any questions or concerns, please call us at 1-800-331-2020, or send an email to [email protected].